Sunday, 24 April 2016 | Uncategorized |
Jemberu Soressa, PATH A child gets vaccinated at a clinic in Afar. Photo: PATH. Reaching nomadic communities is a challenging task for Ethiopia’s vaccinators. With families constantly on the move searching for water and fresh pasture for their cattle, health workers have to go out and look for their...
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Amber Zeddies, Associate Communications Officer at the Gates Foundation. This week, governments, organizations and communities across the globe will come together to celebrate World Immunization Week. We’re excited to spend the week spotlighting the importance of immunization and highlighting the global push to “Close the Immunization Gap.” Throughout the next 7 days, we’ll be highlighting 7 ways to improve child health – one for each day of the week – focusing on vaccine successes, progress and opportunities to improve vaccination coverage...
Read MoreFriday, 8 April 2016 | Uncategorized |
Why is routine immunisation key to ending polio? Pakistan’s focal point on polio eradication shares her expertise. (Source:...
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Rudra P. Rath and Alka Gupta, UNICEF India. Laxmipriya and her daughter. Photo: UNICEF/Santosh Behara. Laxmipriya Swain of Chandanpur block, Puri district, Odisha is determined to get her infant daughter, Rajashree, fully...
Read MoreTuesday, 29 March 2016 | Uncategorized |
Dr. Naveen Thacker, Indian Paediatrician and President of Asia Pacific Paediatrics Association, and Amandeep Singh, Global Health Strategies India. A nurse prepares pentavalent vaccine in an Indian hospital. Photo: Gavi/ Oscar...
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Anuradha Gupta, DCEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance A mother and father celebrate their baby’s vaccination in Nepal. Photo: Gavi/Oscar Seykens. In 2016, girls and women are still more likely to miss out when it comes to the advances of global development: going to school, getting well paid for their work or representing their country...
Read MoreMonday, 7 March 2016 | Uncategorized |
In The Gambia, vaccines work against pneumonia New research shows just how much pneumococcal vaccines have been preventing pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis in children in The Gambia. For more, read this...
Read MoreSunday, 28 February 2016 | Uncategorized |
This week in vaccines 28th February 2016 This week the main event was the African Ministerial Conference on Immunisation, where leaders from across the continent gathered to show their commitment to the goal of vaccines of all...
Read MoreTuesday, 23 February 2016 | Uncategorized |
Leilia Dore, World Health Organization As African leaders gather at the Ministerial Conference on Immunization on 24 and 25 February, lessons learned from polio eradication are helping to strengthen routine immunization programmes across the continent....
Read MoreFriday, 19 February 2016 | Uncategorized |
Joel Lamstein, President, John Snow, Inc. and World Education Reposted from The Huffington Post A nurse vaccinates a child in Kinshasa, DRC. Photo: Gavi/Phil Moore. Last year it was Ebola, this year it’s...
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